Steve Pearce

Steve Pearce (24 August 1947-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-NM 2) from 3 January 2003 to 3 January 2009 (succeeding Joe Skeen and preceding Harry Teague) and from 3 January 2011 (succeeding Teague).

Biography
Steve Pearce was born in Lamesa, Texas in 1947, but he was raised in Hobbs, New Mexico. He served in the US Air Force from 1970 to 1976, and he fought in the Vietnam War, piloting a C-130 as a combat support pilot. He came to own an oilfield services company after leaving the military, and he served in the State House of Representatives from 1996 to 2000 and in the US House of Representatives from 2003 to 2009 and from 2011.